ITALIAN ASSURANCE

Grey River Argus, 29 March 1937, Page 5

ITALIAN ASSURANCE

NO FRESH TROOPS To go to Spain WITHDRAWAL OF VOLUNTEERS. (Received March 28, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, March 26. The “Daily Telegraplr'ls” diplomatic 'Correspondent! says that Italy has given Britain renewed assurances that she will send no more men to fight in (Spain. Italy at the same time has indicated that she will shortly be prepared: to d'iscusg ithe withdrawal of Italian volunteers already in Spain. GOVERNMENT VOLUNTEERS. ITALIAN ALLEGATIONS. ROME,' March 25. Newspapers allege ■ that between March Ist and March 20th, the Caballeros Government received 1,300 vol. unteers, 120 machine-guns, ten tanks. 225 tons of munitions, 350 lorries, 50 F/ench and Czechoslovakian ’planes, 10 Russian and four Dutch ’planes. French Boat TAKING MEN TO SPAIN. (Received March. 28, 8.15 p.m.) PEREIGNAN, March 27. Coastguards from C'erbere. who boarded the French fishing boat, “Sans PaiGel” b'ou|nid| for Spain in French territorial waters, found twenty-five men, claiming to be Canadians, but who were of various nationalities. They admitted that they were going to fight in Spain. The vessel’s skipper and the men were placed under police- surveillance at \Port, Ven'dires. U.S. SENATE ACTION. WASHINGTON. March 26. On the resolution of Senator G. P. Nye, the Senate decided to • the official opinion of the- Department of ISia-te on whether Italy and Germany are: in a state of war . with loyalist Spain, with a view to invoking the Arms Embargo Act. He was careful not to name Italy and Gei. many in the resolution, but this mean, ing was apparent. GOVERNMENT SUCCESS CLAIMED. MADRID, Mauch 25. In the effort to prevent the rebels encircling Pozoblaneo, and to drive the from the Province of Cordoba, Government forces are following tactics which were successful on the Guadalajara front. They bomb, ed and machine-gunned the enemy concentrations for hours. They claim to have inflicted great, losses, af er which they advanced substantially month and south of Pozoblaneo. Carliist Troops REPLACING THE ITALIANS. (Received March 28, 7.15 p.m.) VALENCIA, March 27. Large contingents of Carlists, are reported to be replacing the mutinous Italians on the Guadalajara, front,